Detroyat class

The Detroyat-class heavy destroyer was in Federation Starfleet service during the 23rd century. Deceptively large for a ship with a destroyer classification, these vessels were built for speed and maneuverability rather than for their potential fighting capabilities and were Starfleet's most expensive class of vessels to construct, to date. As a result, they were commissioned into the full-time fleet where their potential was realized. (FASA RPG: The Four Years War).

During its first service, the Destroyats, while not the strongest, certainly one of the fastest in the fleet, proved to be extremely versatile and efficient vessels. By 2257, however, these vessels were used as escort vessels and reclassified as destroyer escorts.

By 2261, half of the class had been decommissioned and struck from the fleet register, with the remainder sent to various training and reserve commands throughout the Federation. By 2270, the class was no longer in service with Starfleet Command. By 2285, only two Detroyats were known to still be operable (the ex-USS Julias and the ex-USS Devonshire), both under the ownership of a civilian corporation.

Design

The ship's design intentionally leaves a lot of empty internal space to accommodate as-needed modifications, allowing for a great deal of versatility from ship to ship in this class. Though lacking in long-range offensive capabilities, the ship's fantastic maneuverability allows it to perform rapid and effective strikes on the much less maneuverable ships of its era.

At the onset of the Four Years War, Starfleet was tasked with building 20 new vessels with both upgraded weaponry and defensive shielding. The result was the Mark II variant, indistinguishable externally from the Mark I. It was eventually discovered that the Detroyat framework was incompatible with the new phaser weaponry that became available during the third year of the war. With that revelation, the proposed new batch of vessels were canceled after only 11 ships had been built.

Known Detroyat-class starships

Mark I

• USS Detroyat (NCC-1100) - prototype and lead ship of the class (2225).
• USS Resolution (NCC-1101) - assigned to permanent duty at Starbase 6 (2229)^{(Citation needed)}; used as engineering testbed for Surya-class frigate program (2240s and 50s) (Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet, Part 1a).
• USS Miramar (NCC-1102)
• USS Troden (NCC-1103)
• USS Breckenridge (NCC-1104)
• USS Niantic (NCC-1105) - destroyed by unknown starship (presumed to be a doomsday machine) (2267). (Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet, Part 1a)
• USS Warangal (NCC-1106)
• USS Commanger (NCC-1107)
• USS Strathclair (NCC-1108)
• USS Donar (NCC-1109) - classified mission into Klingon space (2235).

Mark II

• USS Irwin (NCC-1110)
• USS Julias (NCC-1111) - civilian ownership (2285)
• USS Aerfen (NCC-1112)
• USS Elizabeth (NCC-1113)
• USS Maryland (NCC-1114)
• USS Boridi (NCC-1115)
• USS Devonshire (NCC-1116) - civilian ownership (2285)
• USS Jezar (NCC-1117) - missing (2254)
• USS Boristar (NCC-1118)
• USS Laffer (NCC-1119) - missing (2254).
• USS Long Beach (NCC-1120) - missing (2254).

Nomenclature

The class and lead ship were named after Pierre Léonce Détroyat (1829-1898), a French naval officer, journalist and author.

Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet

In this continuity, there were 10 Detroyat-class heavy destroyers built between 2222 and 2224, with nine of them converted to Miramar-subclass heavy scouts by 2255. (Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet, Part 1a)

Detroyat-class starships
Prototype: USS Detroyat - Mark I: USS Breckenridge - USS Commanger - USS Donar - USS Miramar - USS Niantic - USS Resolution - USS Strathclair - USS Troden - USS Warangal
Mark II: USS Aerfen- USS Boridi - USS Devonshire - USS Elizabeth - USS Irwin - USS Jezar - USS Long Beach - USS Julias - USS Maryland
Miramar-subclass: USS Miramar

External link

• Star Fleet General Plans USS Detroyat NCC-1100 Heavy Destroyer Class